Trump administration pulls US out of UNESCO
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With the support of international partners and $115 million in funding, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul after it was devastated by the Islamic State group.
The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical rivalry.
Port Royal is Jamaica's second World Heritage Site, with the first being the Blue and John Crow Mountains, a rugged and forested area in the country's east, which served as a refuge and hideout for people fleeing slavery. That site was listed by UNESCO in 2015.
The State Department cites political concerns, but UNESCO vows to keep its global doors open to all travelers.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration announces that the U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO, effective December 1984, saying it had become "politicized," financially mismanaged, unduly focused on weapons disarmament during the Cold War and hostile to free markets and a free press.
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With the withdrawal from the Unesco, President Donald Trump has abandoned yet another multilateral institution, making his disdain for multilateralism clear. Here we explore other institutions and treaties that he has quit — and how these withdrawals empowered US adversaries.
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from UNESCO once again In a statement Tuesday that drew mixed reactions from Jewish groups. President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the United States from UNESCO,
BEIJING, July 23. /TASS/. Chinese officials believe that the US exit from UNESCO is unacceptable, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Guo Jiakun said. "The United States is pulling out of UNESCO for the third time and also has significant unpaid membership fees - this is not the behavior of a responsible great power," he emphasized at a briefing.